A Light in the Forest, Melissa Payne
A Light in the Forest, Melissa Payne
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A Light in the Forest
A Novel

Author: Melissa Payne

Narrator: Kay Eluvian

Unabridged: 12 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/13/2022

Synopsis

From Melissa Payne, bestselling author of The Night of Many Endings, comes an emotional and suspenseful novel about the weight of secrets and the healing power of friends and family.Vega Jones escapes an abusive relationship with nothing but her two-month-old baby and the van she grew up in. Her destination is a small Ohio town her late vagabond mother left years ago. It’s one full of nobodies, her mother warned. That makes it the ideal refuge for Vega to lie low, feel safe, and maybe learn more about a past her mother never spoke of.Vega warms to the town and to new acquaintances like Heff, the young deputy and artist who prefers his yard art to actual policing, and empathetic Eve, a local farmer whose near-death experience gave her more than just her life back. But even in this welcoming community, there’s an undercurrent of something unsettled, talk of a tragedy that unfolded in the woods years ago, and a mystery connected to Vega in ways she couldn’t have anticipated.As a mother on the run and following a path of mounting risks and illuminating secrets, Vega discovers that even during the darkest of times, there’s light in unexpected places.

About Melissa Payne

Melissa Payne is the bestselling author of The Secrets of Lost Stones. For as long as she can remember, Melissa has been telling stories in one form or another—from high school newspaper articles to a graduate thesis to blogging about marriage and motherhood. But she first learned the real importance of storytelling when she worked for a residential and day treatment center for abused and neglected children. There she wrote speeches and letters to raise funds for the children. The truth in those stories was piercing and painful and written to invoke in the reader a call to action: to give, to help, to make a difference. Melissa’s love of writing and sharing stories in all forms has endured. She lives in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains with her husband and three children, a friendly mutt, a very loud cat, and the occasional bear. For more information, visit www.melissapayneauthor.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Shelley's Book Nook

My Reviews Can Also Be Found On:My Blog - Twitter - Amazon- The Book Review Crew Melissa Payne writes yet another story that made me feel so many emotions. This one really broke my heart at times it was so raw and painful. I felt so much for these characters and what they lived through. Vega......more

Goodreads review by this_cat_lady_reads

Thank you NetGalley, Lake Union Publishing and Melissa Payne for letting me read “A Light in the Forest” in exchange for an honest review. The cover! It’s stunning! It directly drew me in! I love the combination of the colours and the light. Absolutely gorgeous. Possible triggers: ⚠️ domestic violence......more

Goodreads review by Hina ♡

Sort of started reading this book knowing I had other stuff to do, but every time I went to get up, another little twist kept my interest. Until lastly, I just fell in love with the ending, and it tied up all the loose ends in a beautiful bow! I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an ho......more

Goodreads review by Judy

Melissa Payne returns following The Night of Many Endings with her latest, A LIGHT IN THE FOREST —a gripping, emotional story of a woman's search for solace for herself and her child while discovering mysterious secrets of her past and finding new friends. A heartrending story about the power of fri......more

Goodreads review by Trish

If I never hear “NDE” again in my life…. It’d be too soon......more

Quotes

”…brought vividly to life in a true 'theatre of the mind' experience by the narrative storytelling skills of Kay Eluvian…riveting entertainment.”—Midwest Book Review“The authentic characters and their realistic struggles make this introspective tale entirely believable. Vega’s resilience is sure to endear her to readers.” —Publishers Weekly“A Light in the Forest is a thrilling portrait of women finding their footing when all odds seem stacked against them. ” —BookTrib

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